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PASTOR SUSIE RUSSELL REFUSED TO PROSECUTE When Pastor Susie Mae Russell of the Green Pasture Spiritual Church, 416 S. 22nd, refused to testify in Police Court last Thursday, against Tommie Lewis, charged with shooting her, Foster DeWeds, prosecutor told Judge Homer C. McLellen that a disorderly conduct charge should be taken out against the woman. This caused Robert Hagan, representing Lewis to retort that DeWees should be charged with disorderly conduct for suggesting such action. Negroes generally care as much about DeWees as he seems to care about them from his attitude toward them in cases in which they are involved, especially the upstanding Negroes. But the refusal of Pastor Susie Russell, 44, to testify against Tommie Lewis, 22, on the grounds that her church does not believe in prosecution regardless to the seriousness of the crime, is interesting. The cause of the shooting of the woman has not been made a public matter.
RIDES BLOCK IN DRIVERLESS CAB Miss Josephine McBride, 644 S. 8th, suffered painful bruises last Friday when the driverless taxicab in which she was riding crashed into a tree on Maple Street. John A. William, 2825 W. Walnut, driver of the Lincoln Cab, had trouble with his battery at 23rd and Maple. He got out of the cab to push it along for a start. The car being in second gear moved off and turned on Maple where it went on driverless for about a half-block with Miss McBride sitting on the back seat.
Dr. Dibble Succeeds Dr. Young at Center
Dr. A. H. Dibble has been appointed to succeed Dr. C. M. Young, as director of the Central Health Center at Beecher Terrace, it was announced this week by acting City-County Health Director Gradie A. Rowntree. Dr. Young in returning to private practice.
BACK IN OFFICE [Photo] Dr. F. B. Beck Prominent dentist who has reopened his office at 1211 West Chestnut Street, after three years in Military Service with the 332 Fighter Group, Co. B. O. Davis, Commander. - [Photo] William H. Childress Well known young man who is back at his duties as a Juvenile Court officer after spending three years with the Armed Forces, two of which were overseas. Mr. Childress, a brilliant graduate of Fisk University, will shortly become one of the new Leader columnists. - G. O. P. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE NAMED Announcement was made this week of the appointment of a Negro Personnel Committee by the Republican Party Organization, for the purpose of being responsible for the selecting of qualified colored persons to fill the various jobs and positions to be available to Negroes. The committee is composed of J. L. Leake, chairman; Rev. W. P. Offutt and Mrs. Mozetta Miles. Mr. Leake also served as chairman of the colored organization during the recent campaign. Mrs. Miles was chairman of the Women's Division.
ANDERSON IS SUED FOR DIVORCE Charles W. Anderson, Jr., former president of National Negro Bar Association and member of the Kentucky State Legislature, was named defendant in a divorce by his wife, Mrs. Anne Rucker Anderson, 1505 West Chestnut, Wednesday. Mrs. Anderson charged her husband with cruelty, stating that he, Attorney Anderson, was given to violent outbursts and often struck her. She also said that he averaged a monthly income of $2,500 from his law practice and other sources but only gave her $150 which was insufficient to maintain her in her present station. Plaintiff stated that she owned a 1941 Plymouth coupe now in Mr. Anderson's possession, and that she has repeatedly asked him for the car, but he would not relinquish it. Mrs. Anderson declared 3100 Greenwood and 1505 Chestnut, as property acquired during their marriage. She is seeking a $10,000 as a clear-out settlement through the law firm of Crumlin and Carroll. The Andersons were married in Montreal, Canada, August 30, 1939.
WAR
MAKE PROTEST
AT CONVENTION
BUT THERE WAS NO FRICTION AND NO
EVIDENCE OF TENSION, SAYS REPORT
War M.O. thers convention at the I' lend Ihe banquet than 10 be seg­Hotel
Continental refused to ac- regated.
result the dinner was held with I Ohio. "II all 01 our boy. fought
I' scattered aboul the together for the same purpose,
room. There was no friction and why should Iheir mothers be
no eVidence of tension. scgrc,gated7" Applause follow-
Eight 'egro mothers, aU from ed Irs. Ashby's talk and the
out of town, were here for the I talks 01 the other 'egTo women. --­connnti"
n which opened on Other '('gro molhers attend·
and contmued through
M~. C. J. Latham, white, N. Y.: "Irs. Juha B. Young, Sea
chairman 01 the Kansas City Ch!!, . Y.; Mrs. J. Morris HTS branch, asked at a sessIOn pre- Bloommgton, Ill; Irs. Helen I
ecdlllg the banquet for all 1'- Gussom,. Philadelphia: Mrs. J.
gro mothers to stand. When one KirkpatTlck, and Mrs. W. H.
of the egro women asked, Ballew, Louisville, Ky.
FTE
''Why?:' Mrs. Latham rephed I 0 egro mothers from Kan­that
she wanted them all 10 eat sas City or Missouri were III at­at
the same table at the banqueL lendance.
Instead of accepting the lim The American War lothers
crowism, the Negro women im· was founded in 1917-18 in lndi -
mediately slated their objections page 4)
CAB CALLOWAY
FREED BY COURT'
\NO TROUBLE IN I iMAKES APPEAL
\ SAYS IT'S WOMEN IN COUNTRIES OVERSEAS
by aecidt;nt tha the [K'0ples of I tcgmnlng or hlStOIY.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2-Cab of Hampton. But \ 'hen I the Soviet Umon, Sol different .... ared It was not racism the War ;'!l(' c"al'; l) marry. I, ' erne ;n-
Callo","av. well known bnnd- he and Payne app!'ar«i at the I from each oth r superflC1Ully ,!IlCW. but brot1lf~rhood. .·avy d('pa r ln,t:nt!} lilt thoP b~ ~t:lIH"s th£se.('r\'illnt.n:l.re I.e
Jeadt::r. \\3..Cj dceJan.'d inn .... Ln uf (:ntranec th ~ ~peci31 policeman I livf.: m hatmony and understand- "The SO\ let t.;nlOn," he sai~. nn marriages br-twccn colC'r('(l I·,thrrs ur prosIWCh,t.' j'Dthcrs or
the chart;, '$ l.r tesj.:i~ing arn.:':;;t nut only r •. fu~ed to allow the 1 Ir~." Dt.:an DIX(1n. i .. )under and ui3 sho\\ ing us brothcrhnod-3 men in the u1 n.. ~ r zerviC' . [,:1d (, I. 1fdrcn .. Ttc.sc me", "'wV soQbht
and intoxu-ntwn in Poltee Court men to enter the pl:lce. but. that ''I.e hu\c bCt;n \\O.I('il vf t~! t L.r.tn·s \'. be-(' t"gltlllb1lu(' tho f ( hlidrpa
here last Friday. Tte ~ha:-gf....'S attacked Cab and h!Sfricnd an::l Y,-,uth Orchesl-a., told 19tOO'l, caching out for in a.ll('i\·iliza- Dr .. F. B. Beck
wele the o""fromc or an affair I struck the bandlcadt_'c OVer tre Infe~rJ Nc\" Yorkers at a It is this brothcT"hoo ... l, t~is Promin(:~t dentist, who has made o~ S'.("& War
-hj r Calloway ;bad WiUl a tot:" .. d t"';iili hIS -'V'r h-~ 1 ('':U::;lr!'" t~ ..... , r ', It "'t\on ror J:nrcn.~I!' 5-'.2 SqU3l"! GaJd~ "",;PetinJ ~~~, Whlt'h InlW!. be '1l:l1ntam- lcopt.:noo hlS O~_lCC at I!!ll v,'cst ~:t P: l"unched the 194,
ticke for himsel! and Feli-o:: H_ General HospitaJ where it was ~f the G:-eOlte: New :o,.k! ~:r. Db:on m3i~taj~~ th~t he YC:::~ ~n .. 4l~lit:1ty • ~er\'ic{' ,dth I \~·c;.~l.b~(.~eCr.N:~~:'a!o.~OCii1ti, ., I !"':t'OII" hpreby rl"Q~'.~_f" tha~ hp
Payne. war veteran and son r ne("c~!;)ary to take sey~r~d s titch- in the 1~1G .yt:l rcb \lr Dimes. Janu CO~Jnl ( ~:. fo:r Ru"slan RelJef. IISPQ riC fl1r all mmonhcs \\-ho the u3_. } 1 .llc.r Group, Col. B. . . .."' W.U· arrl a"\-'Y d ep..l.I ~ .... lts L~UC
a local politic,,1 leader, for en. l'S in hIS head. ' .... y It·3l. wbirb i, d.~irated t. Dixon I'~mmded h .. audlCnce [,:.ve felt the burden of inloler- O. Da\'15, Commander. I h~. ree. ntly ' l'~I~ed scv~rall (rd.'rs and take st". ~ ~"" th,
trance in the PIa-Mor Ballroom On being informed of the In- , ~':os~:~~rrouoJd::~~kl~~ ~r~:i that .on.lY i? t~c. So\:iet Un.ion ! .. ~_c~. of suircrint:. of vi.otcn.c
at the invltutio"', or Lionel Hamp- cident Hampton refused to con- ution Fuf'l1.~ ~ontributed to tb \\'i.S Iuclal dlscnmlnatlon a cnm- Ll'-tmg amon",:!' thc~"" mlnontles g . . . I t" 'n' t1NO pcrson~ '\.~!.h to ]Oln
ton whose band was playing an tinue wilh the en"agemenl and )1atio~a1 Found~tlon are usrd t. inal offense and expressed the t:e ,le,,"s, the· Chin 51', the 1ex- from .fiances of Negro seT\'lce- r. Iooly loatrimony tr.:.: tbey ~
engagement there. Calloway I the m~Jlagcmcnt ~eturned. the ' '~:: ~~ v~tJ:= :~ i:!:n~~1;~:' hope that th: rest of the world i:2~S:ln t~e Indonesians, DL"on :;'n~n o~~e~·a~~Cts lJ~IYrt!ng~a~ I
Jj( dt"'b;lITed from com ~o lJ.:!=
purchased the ti('ke ts 10 the mon('y to the patrons. Altorne,"s • IP & , I would examme the success of ("" "red t •. at aU thl'S" peoples , . p po g I . I· ?r co or. thO Amencan Atrr.y ~nd Na\.""y re- (;TlJ"" of rnee or cok:
dance for whites in order to (or Cab Calloway have filed I IS ~f!.O ICY W Ie urmg. e. c t ~'_ racIsm LS no ~ng
avoid any trouble as " specla- charges for damages. I last _ J years hclp\'CI to bUlld a, new In the \'. "rId. nor somethmg
united people. ronrened 10 anyone country, to AN SO S
CLEMENCY ASKED I ~cscribing the one contment, to anyone DER N I 13TH AN UAl NATION-WIDE APPEAL FOR FOR 92 D OFFICER on page 4) .
INFANTILE PARAlYSIS UNDER WAy E FOR VORCE
PASTOR SUSrE RUSSELL
REFUSED TO PROSECUTE
RACIAL BIAS tu I Cht:Tlh. 416 S. :!2nd, re- RIDES BLOCK IN
DRIVERLESS CAB
OVER COUNTY

PASTOR SUSIE RUSSELL REFUSED TO PROSECUTE When Pastor Susie Mae Russell of the Green Pasture Spiritual Church, 416 S. 22nd, refused to testify in Police Court last Thursday, against Tommie Lewis, charged with shooting her, Foster DeWeds, prosecutor told Judge Homer C. McLellen that a disorderly conduct charge should be taken out against the woman. This caused Robert Hagan, representing Lewis to retort that DeWees should be charged with disorderly conduct for suggesting such action. Negroes generally care as much about DeWees as he seems to care about them from his attitude toward them in cases in which they are involved, especially the upstanding Negroes. But the refusal of Pastor Susie Russell, 44, to testify against Tommie Lewis, 22, on the grounds that her church does not believe in prosecution regardless to the seriousness of the crime, is interesting. The cause of the shooting of the woman has not been made a public matter.
RIDES BLOCK IN DRIVERLESS CAB Miss Josephine McBride, 644 S. 8th, suffered painful bruises last Friday when the driverless taxicab in which she was riding crashed into a tree on Maple Street. John A. William, 2825 W. Walnut, driver of the Lincoln Cab, had trouble with his battery at 23rd and Maple. He got out of the cab to push it along for a start. The car being in second gear moved off and turned on Maple where it went on driverless for about a half-block with Miss McBride sitting on the back seat.
Dr. Dibble Succeeds Dr. Young at Center
Dr. A. H. Dibble has been appointed to succeed Dr. C. M. Young, as director of the Central Health Center at Beecher Terrace, it was announced this week by acting City-County Health Director Gradie A. Rowntree. Dr. Young in returning to private practice.
BACK IN OFFICE [Photo] Dr. F. B. Beck Prominent dentist who has reopened his office at 1211 West Chestnut Street, after three years in Military Service with the 332 Fighter Group, Co. B. O. Davis, Commander. - [Photo] William H. Childress Well known young man who is back at his duties as a Juvenile Court officer after spending three years with the Armed Forces, two of which were overseas. Mr. Childress, a brilliant graduate of Fisk University, will shortly become one of the new Leader columnists. - G. O. P. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE NAMED Announcement was made this week of the appointment of a Negro Personnel Committee by the Republican Party Organization, for the purpose of being responsible for the selecting of qualified colored persons to fill the various jobs and positions to be available to Negroes. The committee is composed of J. L. Leake, chairman; Rev. W. P. Offutt and Mrs. Mozetta Miles. Mr. Leake also served as chairman of the colored organization during the recent campaign. Mrs. Miles was chairman of the Women's Division.
ANDERSON IS SUED FOR DIVORCE Charles W. Anderson, Jr., former president of National Negro Bar Association and member of the Kentucky State Legislature, was named defendant in a divorce by his wife, Mrs. Anne Rucker Anderson, 1505 West Chestnut, Wednesday. Mrs. Anderson charged her husband with cruelty, stating that he, Attorney Anderson, was given to violent outbursts and often struck her. She also said that he averaged a monthly income of $2,500 from his law practice and other sources but only gave her $150 which was insufficient to maintain her in her present station. Plaintiff stated that she owned a 1941 Plymouth coupe now in Mr. Anderson's possession, and that she has repeatedly asked him for the car, but he would not relinquish it. Mrs. Anderson declared 3100 Greenwood and 1505 Chestnut, as property acquired during their marriage. She is seeking a $10,000 as a clear-out settlement through the law firm of Crumlin and Carroll. The Andersons were married in Montreal, Canada, August 30, 1939.
WAR
MAKE PROTEST
AT CONVENTION
BUT THERE WAS NO FRICTION AND NO
EVIDENCE OF TENSION, SAYS REPORT
War M.O. thers convention at the I' lend Ihe banquet than 10 be seg­Hotel
Continental refused to ac- regated.
result the dinner was held with I Ohio. "II all 01 our boy. fought
I' scattered aboul the together for the same purpose,
room. There was no friction and why should Iheir mothers be
no eVidence of tension. scgrc,gated7" Applause follow-
Eight 'egro mothers, aU from ed Irs. Ashby's talk and the
out of town, were here for the I talks 01 the other 'egTo women. --­connnti"
n which opened on Other '('gro molhers attend·
and contmued through
M~. C. J. Latham, white, N. Y.: "Irs. Juha B. Young, Sea
chairman 01 the Kansas City Ch!!, . Y.; Mrs. J. Morris HTS branch, asked at a sessIOn pre- Bloommgton, Ill; Irs. Helen I
ecdlllg the banquet for all 1'- Gussom,. Philadelphia: Mrs. J.
gro mothers to stand. When one KirkpatTlck, and Mrs. W. H.
of the egro women asked, Ballew, Louisville, Ky.
FTE
''Why?:' Mrs. Latham rephed I 0 egro mothers from Kan­that
she wanted them all 10 eat sas City or Missouri were III at­at
the same table at the banqueL lendance.
Instead of accepting the lim The American War lothers
crowism, the Negro women im· was founded in 1917-18 in lndi -
mediately slated their objections page 4)
CAB CALLOWAY
FREED BY COURT'
\NO TROUBLE IN I iMAKES APPEAL
\ SAYS IT'S WOMEN IN COUNTRIES OVERSEAS
by aecidt;nt tha the [K'0ples of I tcgmnlng or hlStOIY.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2-Cab of Hampton. But \ 'hen I the Soviet Umon, Sol different .... ared It was not racism the War ;'!l(' c"al'; l) marry. I, ' erne ;n-
Callo","av. well known bnnd- he and Payne app!'ar«i at the I from each oth r superflC1Ully ,!IlCW. but brot1lf~rhood. .·avy d('pa r ln,t:nt!} lilt thoP b~ ~t:lIH"s th£se.('r\'illnt.n:l.re I.e
Jeadt::r. \\3..Cj dceJan.'d inn .... Ln uf (:ntranec th ~ ~peci31 policeman I livf.: m hatmony and understand- "The SO\ let t.;nlOn," he sai~. nn marriages br-twccn colC'r('(l I·,thrrs ur prosIWCh,t.' j'Dthcrs or
the chart;, '$ l.r tesj.:i~ing arn.:':;;t nut only r •. fu~ed to allow the 1 Ir~." Dt.:an DIX(1n. i .. )under and ui3 sho\\ ing us brothcrhnod-3 men in the u1 n.. ~ r zerviC' . [,:1d (, I. 1fdrcn .. Ttc.sc me", "'wV soQbht
and intoxu-ntwn in Poltee Court men to enter the pl:lce. but. that ''I.e hu\c bCt;n \\O.I('il vf t~! t L.r.tn·s \'. be-(' t"gltlllb1lu(' tho f ( hlidrpa
here last Friday. Tte ~ha:-gf....'S attacked Cab and h!Sfricnd an::l Y,-,uth Orchesl-a., told 19tOO'l, caching out for in a.ll('i\·iliza- Dr .. F. B. Beck
wele the o""fromc or an affair I struck the bandlcadt_'c OVer tre Infe~rJ Nc\" Yorkers at a It is this brothcT"hoo ... l, t~is Promin(:~t dentist, who has made o~ S'.("& War
-hj r Calloway ;bad WiUl a tot:" .. d t"';iili hIS -'V'r h-~ 1 ('':U::;lr!'" t~ ..... , r ', It "'t\on ror J:nrcn.~I!' 5-'.2 SqU3l"! GaJd~ "",;PetinJ ~~~, Whlt'h InlW!. be '1l:l1ntam- lcopt.:noo hlS O~_lCC at I!!ll v,'cst ~:t P: l"unched the 194,
ticke for himsel! and Feli-o:: H_ General HospitaJ where it was ~f the G:-eOlte: New :o,.k! ~:r. Db:on m3i~taj~~ th~t he YC:::~ ~n .. 4l~lit:1ty • ~er\'ic{' ,dth I \~·c;.~l.b~(.~eCr.N:~~:'a!o.~OCii1ti, ., I !"':t'OII" hpreby rl"Q~'.~_f" tha~ hp
Payne. war veteran and son r ne("c~!;)ary to take sey~r~d s titch- in the 1~1G .yt:l rcb \lr Dimes. Janu CO~Jnl ( ~:. fo:r Ru"slan RelJef. IISPQ riC fl1r all mmonhcs \\-ho the u3_. } 1 .llc.r Group, Col. B. . . .."' W.U· arrl a"\-'Y d ep..l.I ~ .... lts L~UC
a local politic,,1 leader, for en. l'S in hIS head. ' .... y It·3l. wbirb i, d.~irated t. Dixon I'~mmded h .. audlCnce [,:.ve felt the burden of inloler- O. Da\'15, Commander. I h~. ree. ntly ' l'~I~ed scv~rall (rd.'rs and take st". ~ ~"" th,
trance in the PIa-Mor Ballroom On being informed of the In- , ~':os~:~~rrouoJd::~~kl~~ ~r~:i that .on.lY i? t~c. So\:iet Un.ion ! .. ~_c~. of suircrint:. of vi.otcn.c
at the invltutio"', or Lionel Hamp- cident Hampton refused to con- ution Fuf'l1.~ ~ontributed to tb \\'i.S Iuclal dlscnmlnatlon a cnm- Ll'-tmg amon",:!' thc~"" mlnontles g . . . I t" 'n' t1NO pcrson~ '\.~!.h to ]Oln
ton whose band was playing an tinue wilh the en"agemenl and )1atio~a1 Found~tlon are usrd t. inal offense and expressed the t:e ,le,,"s, the· Chin 51', the 1ex- from .fiances of Negro seT\'lce- r. Iooly loatrimony tr.:.: tbey ~
engagement there. Calloway I the m~Jlagcmcnt ~eturned. the ' '~:: ~~ v~tJ:= :~ i:!:n~~1;~:' hope that th: rest of the world i:2~S:ln t~e Indonesians, DL"on :;'n~n o~~e~·a~~Cts lJ~IYrt!ng~a~ I
Jj( dt"'b;lITed from com ~o lJ.:!=
purchased the ti('ke ts 10 the mon('y to the patrons. Altorne,"s • IP & , I would examme the success of ("" "red t •. at aU thl'S" peoples , . p po g I . I· ?r co or. thO Amencan Atrr.y ~nd Na\.""y re- (;TlJ"" of rnee or cok:
dance for whites in order to (or Cab Calloway have filed I IS ~f!.O ICY W Ie urmg. e. c t ~'_ racIsm LS no ~ng
avoid any trouble as " specla- charges for damages. I last _ J years hclp\'CI to bUlld a, new In the \'. "rId. nor somethmg
united people. ronrened 10 anyone country, to AN SO S
CLEMENCY ASKED I ~cscribing the one contment, to anyone DER N I 13TH AN UAl NATION-WIDE APPEAL FOR FOR 92 D OFFICER on page 4) .
INFANTILE PARAlYSIS UNDER WAy E FOR VORCE
PASTOR SUSrE RUSSELL
REFUSED TO PROSECUTE
RACIAL BIAS tu I Cht:Tlh. 416 S. :!2nd, re- RIDES BLOCK IN
DRIVERLESS CAB
OVER COUNTY